Background
Derjue, Rita was born on July 12, 1934 in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Gustav Herman Heinrich and Lisette Anna (Gossler) Derjue.
Derjue, Rita was born on July 12, 1934 in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Gustav Herman Heinrich and Lisette Anna (Gossler) Derjue.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School Design, 1956; Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1962; postgraduate, Akademie den Bildenden Kunste, Munich, Germany, 1956-1957.
Artist, self-employed, Denver, since 1963;
featured, teacher, White River Institute, Beaver Creek, Colorado, since 1994;
artist, mentor teacher, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado, since 1964. Workshop leader, painter Truro (Massachusetts) Center for Arts, since 1970. Workshoptchr. Acapulco (Mexico) Arts Workshop, since 1988.
Consultant Littleton Fine Arts Guild, 1965-1975. Founder L'Aasemblage, Englewood, 1976-1986. Theater stage designer Friends of Library./Museum, Littleton, 1988.
Board directors Littleton History Museum, 1972-1982, Town Hall Art Center, Littleton, 1986-1990, Rocky Mount Women's Institute, since 2001. Member Rocky Mount National Watermedia. Member advisory board Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, 1986-1991, South Suburban Park District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 1994.
Member Denver Art Museum, Colorado Watercolor Society (president board directors 1986), Rocky Mountain Women's Institute (board directors since 2001), Rocky Mount Watermedia Society.
Married Carle C. Zimmerman, January 30, 1960. Children: Andrew Erik, Heidi Anna.